Check Scanner Appliance Capacity

By checking the capacity for your scanner appliance you'll understand its usage pattern and whether it is currently available for scanning.

How do I see the available capacity for an appliance?

Go to Scans > Appliances. Click the row for the scanner appliance you are interested in and review the preview pane. The preview pane shows the Available Capacity for the appliance, expressed as a percentage. For example, Available Capacity: 100% means the appliance is not in use, and 100% of its capacity is currently available.

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You can also view the following details in the preview page:

• Total Scan Capacity Units: Total capacity of the scanner as per its configuration. 

  To know more about the configuration, refer to Sizing your Scanners for Optimal Performance article given below the Scanner Capacity Graph.

• Available Scan Capacity Units: Currently available free units for handling the scan targets.

How do I see how much capacity the appliance typically uses?

Go to Scans > Appliances. Click the row for the scanner appliance you are interested in and review the preview pane. The preview pane displays the Scanner Capacity Graph, which helps you to select an appropriate scanner for launching scans.
 
The graph shows the capacity of the appliance over the last 7 days, calculated in 15 minute increments. Place your cursor over any point in the chart to see the used capacity for that moment in time, expressed as a percentage.

For example, "Used Capacity: 0% means the appliance is not in use and is available at that time. You can view the date and time of the calculation.

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You can also select one of the scanner appliances and select Info from the Quick Actions menu for the appliance you are interested in. The Scanner Appliance Information window appears with a Scanner Capacity Graph under General Information.

Tell me about the capacity trend calculation

A trend line shows you the capacity trend, calculated in 6 hour intervals. Every 6 hours the service takes an average of the used capacity and shows this in the middle of a 6 hour window. For example, for the period 3pm to 9pm the average appears at 6pm. Average over 6 hours: 10% means the average of the used capacity was 10% and 90% of its capacity was available over the 6 hour window.

Don't see capacity information?

New Scanner Services must be enabled for the subscription to see scanner appliance capacity information. Go to Help > Account Info > General Information to see whether your subscription has this configured.